Oroku Saki
 

Confirmed...?

Quickly photoshopped this brief moment in the trailer where Sachs says to an unidentified party "We're taking your armor to the next level" & brightened it up to reveal a human form.
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Someone on Tumblr with more skills than I, ended up with this.
http://i61.tinypic.com/9r0u4g.jpg

So, we've got Oroku Saki after all, eh? Thoughts?

PLEASE let it be Oroku Saki.

I really hope it is him even though he has Vader head.

There is a scene in one of the first trailers where Eric walks up to what we all assume is his empty Shredder outfit. Well, take a closer look at that scene, as I believe it isn't what it seems. I believe Eric Sachs is a character to just throw us off and anger us to help drive word of mouth; I believe Eric Sachs is taking orders from Shredder, and Eric is just a face Shredder uses to speak with the public in New York city. Is it the Saki shredder we all know and fear? Who knows.

Another thing to point out, Splinter and Shredder in this film heavily carry Japanese Motif in their design It would somewhat be in bad taste to add all that for the sake of look and then apply it to a bunch of Caucasian characters.

One of the big reasons Shredder wears his armor has a lot to do with the damage done to him by Master Splinter, and of course, as a way to intimidate and cause fear in civilians or any one that tried to get out of underneath the power of his Foot Clan. It would seem weird for the shredder armor to exist just because and not for similar reasons that we are used to.

So to sum it all up, I believe that Eric Sachs is just someone that Shredder uses to push the ideals of the Foot clan in New York. I think the character is there to also anger fans, so they can drive the film in word of mouth, regardless if its positive word of mouth or not. It always tends to be alright as long as people are talking about said movie. I believe we are being thrown the old red herring. Especially with the mysterious man in the trailer.

Like I said in a previous thread, he could be a mummified or resurrected Saki. Possibly Sachs is controlling him to use the armor which is the Shredder?

I'm happy. Better than getting some dumb whitewashed Shredder.

didnt someone just post a little while ago about how sachs is sakis adopted brother or something?.....

This guy after some make up work? Listed as a Foot Soldier.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5084951/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t63

I think that's Oroku Saki, but i also think sachs is going to be the mech shredder. Simply because of what Fitchner said in his interviews about who ever wears the armor becomes the shredder.

I'm completely going overboard here but maybe Sach's tries it out and can't handle it, so Saki steps in and shows him how its done, with his armor.

My guess, based on this, is that Sachs uses his armor to fight the turtles, has some difficulty, then mechanizes it & is ultimately beaten, at which point the REAL Shredder takes things back to basics. Frustrated with his underlings incompetence & lack of respect for the original armor, he figures "If you want something done right you've got to do it yourself". Maybe for the end of the movie, maybe for the sequel. Not sure which. Then, I'm guessing (since Fichtner is supposedly on board for 3 films already), Sachs will become a different character from the past, as many have in the IDW comic & Nick series. I'm leaning towards Rat King, as getting his ass whooped and empire destroyed would force him into the slums/sewers. OR, he maintains his wealth & power & is instrumental in introducing another character, like, he hires Baxter Stockman to send mousers into the sewers to get revenge.

A glimpse of a possible Japanese Oroku Saki, and not a peep from CyberCubed.

I really hope it is, that is all I can say. I kind of wonder if that is something they added later during the reshoots/recasting time period. Maybe the fan outcry was loud enough for them to at least add in the real shredder, but who knows he could have been in all along and they have just been lying for increased bad publicity.

I really hope that it's Oroku Saki.. Eric Sachs could be this villain who actually tortures Oroku into giving him the suit, so that he can make changes. The look on our supposed Saki's face does not look too pleased!

I don't think so, but it's possible. The guy on IMDB definitely has more pronounced lips and a shorter nose.

I can see that. Sort of like when Tatsu let down Shredder so Shredder utters those famous words..

"There will be no mistake this time, I go myself."

i think you are right..and it now just sounds all to familiar of another billionaire who gets more screen time led by actual franchise villian

http://badguyswin.files.wordpress.co...ck-dempsey.jpg

I would love that. There are two shredder scenes in the trailer, the first when shredder invades the lair and im assuming the final fight when he manhandles raph.

I would prefer sachs to be the mech shredder and then after he is defeated. saki steps in with an original shredder armor and goes to work on the turtles.

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looks like they took ques from the nick version.

Fichtner has the perfect looking up to no good smirk.